'Mr. Mercedes' Faces a Tough Road
To End Discord at DaimlerChrysler

LISBON -- They call him Mr. Mercedes now, but the head of the stately German brand, Juergen Hubbert, is aiming for another moniker: The man who saved DaimlerChrysler.

The silver-haired 36-year Mercedes veteran is already a legend around Stuttgart for weathering tough times at Mercedes-Benz in the early 1990s but eventually transforming the company. Now, Mr. Hubbert is charged with the even bigger challenge of making the pieces of DaimlerChrysler AG's global empire fit. As co-head of the newly formed Executive Automotive...